Thomas W. Stivers, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
Date of Birth: 15-Jul-1850
Place of Birth: Madison County, Kentucky, United States
Date of Death: 28-Jun-1877
Profession: military personnel
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About Thomas W. Stivers
- Private Thomas W.
- Stivers (July 15, 1850 — June 28, 1877), also known under the name Thomas "Tom" Stevens or Stevers, was an American soldier in the U.S.
- Army who served with the 7th U.S.
- Cavalry during the Great Sioux War of 1876-77.
- One of twenty-four men to be awarded the Medal of Honor for gallantry at the Battle of the Little Bighorn on June 25, 1876, Stivers was among the soldiers who volunteered to carry water from the Little Bighorn River to the wounded on Reno Hill and awarded the Medal of Honor in 1878.
- He and two other fellow Kentuckians, Privates William M.
- Harris and George D.
- Scott, received the MOH for their role in the battle though Stivers received his posthumously.
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